Russia is pressing its national interests online.
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The FBI is warning of Russian cyberattackers probing American election systems. Information warfare scholars discuss Russia’s digital efforts to benefit its national interests.
Russian drone footage showing the bombed aid convoy en route to Aleppo.
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The war of words over a bombed UN convoy in Syria is just the latest in a long series of diplomatic breakdowns.
Russia is flexing its cyberattack muscles.
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What do we know about Russia’s cyber strategy, capabilities, and intentions? This top-notch adversary is more advanced and stealthier than any other.
Some fear that Chinese investment will lead to a painful trade-off between Ukraine’s desperate economic needs and its long-standing democratic dream.
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Ukraine desperately needs Chinese investment but, like many other countries in this position, this is giving rise to concerns about the consequences for its fragile democracy.
Who, me?
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The remain camp argue that Russia is one of only a few countries that favour the UK leaving the EU. We asked two academics.
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Eurovision wants to protect its ‘non-political nature’. But can it?
Radiation exposure as a child can increase cancer risk later in life. But by how much?
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Chernobyl is already responsible for up to 5,000 cases of cancer in Europe.
Flowers for Ukraine’s new prime minister, Volodymyr Groysman as President Poroshenko congratules him.
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Election of Volodymyr Groysman as prime minister marks the first political realignment since Euromaidan.
Counting of the Dutch referendum ballots gets underway.
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Explained: the implications of a Eurosceptic victory in the Netherlands vote.
Jamala has been chosen to represent Ukraine at the 2016 Eurovision contest with her song ‘1944’.
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Charged with collaboration with the Nazis, in 1944, 240,000 Crimean Tartars were deported to Soviet Central Asia.
Could the hack that took out the power grid in Ukraine happen in the U.S.?
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Malware has brought down the power grid in the Ukraine. What were attackers after and could it happen elsewhere?
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The cyberattack that brought down a city’s power supply in Ukraine is a cautionary tale for what lies ahead.
A protest flag depicts Jarosław Kaczyński as Poland’s puppet master.
Reuters/Kacper Pempel
The new, nationalist government is cutting ties in all directions, but it could soon run out of options.
Watching Putin’s end-of-year news conference in Sevastopol, Crimea.
Reuters/Pavel Rebrov
The “hot” phase of the Ukraine conflict may have passed, but Moscow and Kiev are hardly warming to each other.
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The past year hasn’t worked out so well for Russia – and the Kremlin’s ability to weather the storms ahead is looking shaky.
Aaron Ansarov
Warfare is changing, and our approach to dealing with our adversaries must change too.
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Increased submarine activity is fuelling concerns at Russia’s capability to wage information warfare on the West.
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Last week’s release of the Dutch Safety Board’s final report on the downing of MH17 held no surprises. While this essentially technical report had no brief to cast blame for the tragedy, no-one familiar…
The reconstructed front of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17, which was shot down over Ukraine in July 2014.
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A Dutch Safety Board report is crucial to the progress of the ongoing criminal investigation into downed flight MH17.
The oral vaccine is the most common polio vaccine used in the world.
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Recent polio outbreaks in Ukraine and Mali, caused by a vaccine-derived form of poliovirus, don’t mean the vaccine isn’t working. On the contrary, they are a reminder to keep up vaccination rates.